In most, yes. Magic is enforcement of your will on the fabric of creation.
[ A slight shrug. ]
For me, it is that and computations. Occasionally, additional power is needed for a ritual, but I think that is not what you will require. Thankfully. Such rituals are unkind to those who are not used to them.
[ You know. Human Sacrifice and all. ]
Patterns help one with moving energy in the direction it needs. With time, this becomes routine, and you can focus your attention on intention, and on the power for your will to be made manifest.
[As he listens to her explanation, he steps over and reaches down to grab a chunk of stone that has been disturbed by his amateur magic. He turns it over in his hand, then tosses it up and down experimentally.]
So, lean into the patterns that work it, then itโs easier to will it into something more. [A slow nod of understanding.] One step at a time, then.
[He drops the stone, dusting his hands off as his attention returns to Akua.]
What sort of magic did you usually work back home? I imagine anything involving computations must beโฆ a lot.
[ How did one describe the shape and power of her magic? The great and terrible acts it could wreak upon the world, the exact power needed, the way to create such power? ]
Vast, and wide. I can play with the elements of course, raise the dead, I used to summon demons, devils, create drains of power and store it in new vessels. I stored my soul away from my body when I was just shy of being a child.
[ This is such a loaded question, but... ] The sorcery we use in my land is one of many, that directs the energy created by life. Mine is the most precise, but as it is precise, the amount of energy needed for each action is... somewhat complicated. Then there are those that can understand High Arcana... The one percent of one percent, if you will.
[ A beat. ] I am the... second best Sorcerer in my land, and it is something I hold with price, if that describes the first.
[ To be fair, the Number 1 spot was held by a guy called the Vivisector of Miracles. Hard to top. ]
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[ A slight shrug. ]
For me, it is that and computations. Occasionally, additional power is needed for a ritual, but I think that is not what you will require. Thankfully. Such rituals are unkind to those who are not used to them.
[ You know. Human Sacrifice and all. ]
Patterns help one with moving energy in the direction it needs. With time, this becomes routine, and you can focus your attention on intention, and on the power for your will to be made manifest.
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So, lean into the patterns that work it, then itโs easier to will it into something more. [A slow nod of understanding.] One step at a time, then.
[He drops the stone, dusting his hands off as his attention returns to Akua.]
What sort of magic did you usually work back home? I imagine anything involving computations must beโฆ a lot.
[He laughs.]
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[ How did one describe the shape and power of her magic? The great and terrible acts it could wreak upon the world, the exact power needed, the way to create such power? ]
Vast, and wide. I can play with the elements of course, raise the dead, I used to summon demons, devils, create drains of power and store it in new vessels. I stored my soul away from my body when I was just shy of being a child.
[ This is such a loaded question, but... ] The sorcery we use in my land is one of many, that directs the energy created by life. Mine is the most precise, but as it is precise, the amount of energy needed for each action is... somewhat complicated. Then there are those that can understand High Arcana... The one percent of one percent, if you will.
[ A beat. ] I am the... second best Sorcerer in my land, and it is something I hold with price, if that describes the first.
[ To be fair, the Number 1 spot was held by a guy called the Vivisector of Miracles. Hard to top. ]